In my paintings I explore nuances of water and reflections, along with the fragmentations and abstractions that occur in the natural world. I want to capture moments in nature that seem to bend the landscape—moments that blur the line between representation and abstraction. I’m fascinated by how a reflection can seemingly distort our perception of space, and cause us to question what is seen. I am also concerned with what a reflection can both conceal and reveal about the surrounding space, and how the distortions created can obscure what is seen, and yet, provide a new place for observation and discovery.While exploring nature, I am drawn to that which is often hidden or overlooked—the reflection of a street sign in a puddle, or the sky and water off the side of a boat. I often crop these images to arrive at the final composition, thinking about what is essential to the landscape, and how I might reframe a particular landscape so that it might be considered from a new perspective. The cropped image acts as a portal through which we can consider the pieces that create the whole. These paintings thus become a kind of translation of my initial interaction with a particular moment in nature, and through them, I hope to suggest the processes by which we perceive and interpret our environment.

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